Checklist:Discussion topic: InterpretersDiscussion topic: Close CaptioningDiscussion topic: Public School
I am able to recognize and
sign the practice sentences and story for this lesson
I have taken the
Lesson
13 Quiz
I am done with Lesson
13

Practice sheet 13.B

1. CLOSE-CAPTIONED VIDEO-TAPE, YOU LIKE WATCH?
Do you like to watch close-captioned videotapes?

2. YOU LIKE TRUE FALSE TEST?
Do you like TRUE/FALSE tests?

3. RESEARCH PAPER, YOU LIKE WRITE?
Do you like to write research papers?

4. WHY TEACHER FLASH-LIGHTS?
Why does the teacher flash the lights?

5. INTERPRETER LIST, YOU HAVE?
Do you have a list of interpreters?

6. SQUARE-(white-board), YOU THINK HE/SHE TEACHER SHOULD WRITE MORE?
Do you think the teacher should write on the board more often?

7. PAST TEST THIS CLASS YOU MANY WRONG YOU?
How many did you miss on the last test you took in this class?

8. COLLEGE, WHEN GRADUATE YOU?
When will you (or did you) graduate from college?

9. YOU THINK THIS CLASS EASY?
Do you think this class is easy?

10. DEAF-SCHOOL YOU?
Did you attend a residential school for the deaf?

Story 13

I DEAF-SCHOOL O-G-D-E-N U-T-A-H, GRADUATE 1984. NOW COLLEGE C-S-U-N. I LIKE COLLEGE, BUT HARD. HIGH-SCHOOL EASY. NOW MUST READ ARTICLE. WRITE RESEARCH PAPER. TEACHER SQUARE-(white board) WRITE-(on the white board) MUST PUT-DOWN. INTERPRETER, MUST WATCH-(intense). WHY? TEST HARD.

Discussion:

Topic: Public school
The way to sign "public school" is to combine the signs
"HEARING-(speak)" and
"SCHOOL." Which is
to say, that from a Deaf perspective, a public school is a place where
hearing people go. The sign for "Deaf
School" is "institution."

"Institution" is an initialized form of the sign
"school." In the old days residential schools for the deaf
were commonly referred to as institutions. That is where deaf children
were sent. Many of the old Deaf Schools have been closed down or
converted to administrative offices. Laws have been passed mandating that
children be placed in the "Least Restrictive Environment."

This is a sticky issue because what a hearing person (legislators,
administrators, educators, etc.) considers to be a least restrictive environment
and what deaf person believes are often radically different.